The British Council is running its first global online Continuing Professional Development (CPD) conference from 5 to 9 October 2016.

Teaching for Success:

Teaching for Success helps governments and international agencies transform the quality of teaching in primary and secondary schools. It exemplifies the British Council’s vision that all teachers in the world have the high-quality continuing professional development (CPD) opportunities that improve their own professional understanding and practice and their learners’ success.

Conference Aims：

The conference is designed to generate meaningful and sustainable dialogue among participants and speakers around a number of CPD-related themes. Participants will have a clear idea of the Professional Practices, the frameworks and how these fit into the wider perspective of teacher development.

Conference Format:

All the presentations at the conference will be short – either 20 or 30 minutes – and are designed to engage participants in discussion, debate and reflection. Recordings of talks will be available and developed into accessible, bite-sized professional development resources as part of the British Council’s Teaching for Success approach.

Conference Timetable:

The conference will run from 12.00pm – 17.30pm UK time each day.

Wed 5 October 2016 - The teacher as a reflective practitioner 1

Professional practices: 

  • Taking responsibility for professional development (CPD Framework for teachers)
  • Researching and contributing to the profession (CPD Framework for teacher educators)
  • Supporting and mentoring teachers (CPD Framework for teacher educators)

Thurs 6 October 2016 - The teacher as a reflective practitioner 2

Professional practices: 

  • Taking responsibility for professional development (CPD Framework for teachers)
  • Researching and contributing to the profession (CPD Framework for teacher educators)
  • Supporting and mentoring teachers (CPD Framework for teacher educators)

Fri 7 October 2016 - The Learner

Professional practices: 

  • Using inclusive practices (CPD Framework for teachers)
  • Using multilingual approaches (CPD Framework for teachers)
  • Understanding learners (CPD Framework for teacher)
  • Understanding the teaching context (CPD Framework for teacher educators)

Sat 8 October - Assessing and managing learning (teacher and student)

Professional practices: 

  • Assessing learning (CPD Framework for teachers)
  • Managing the lesson (CPD Framework for teachers)
  • Managing and developing learning resources for teachers (CPD Framework for teacher educators)
  • Planning, managing and moderating teacher learning (CPD Framework for teacher educators)
  • Monitoring teacher potential and performance (CPD Framework for teacher educators)

Sun 9 October 2016 - 21st century skills / core skills

Professional practices: 

  • Promoting 21st Century Skills/Core skills (CPD Framework for teachers)
  • Integrating ICT/digital literacies (CPD Framework for teachers)
  • Planning lessons and courses focusing on integrating 21st century/core skills (CPD Framework for teachers)
  • Understanding learners (CPD Framework for teachers)

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